Jonathan Davis Backs 3-2 Series Trends on Friday’s Nhl Schedule
Jonathan Davis put the nhl schedule into focus for Friday, May 1, leaning on the Canadiens-Lightning and Bruins-Sabres playoff games for his best bets. He centered on two series that have already produced tight margins and repeatable trends, with one club up 3-2 and another heading into game six.
Canadiens-Lightning 3-2
The Canadiens led the series 3-2, and every game between Montreal and Tampa Bay had been decided by one goal through five meetings. The last four games in that matchup finished 3-2, which is why Davis keyed in on the narrow margin instead of a broad series read.
That matchup also carried a player-prop angle. Cole Caufield and Nick Suzuki had combined for only one goal in the series, while Zac Bolduc, Kirby Dach, and Alexander Texier scored six of Montreal’s last eight goals. On the other side, Andrei Vasilevskiy had five wins in his last 20 postseason decisions, and Nikita Kucherov had one goal in his last 20 postseason games despite 22 shots on goal through five games.
Kucherov and Darryn Raddysh each had at least one shot on goal in the first period in four of the five games. Raddysh had 20 shots on goal in the series, a number that kept the Lightning attack active even as the results stayed razor-thin. Davis built his case around that same pattern, with the market already showing how little separated the teams.
Bruins-Sabres Game Six
Boston forced a game six after David Pastrnak scored the overtime winner in game five. Even with that swing, the Bruins had scored two goals or fewer in four of the five games, so Davis treated the series as one built on small scoring margins rather than bursts of offense.
The first-period numbers backed that view. All five Bruins-Sabres games stayed at one goal or less in the opening period, and the first-period under 1.5 goals had gone 5-0 in the series. Owen Power had a six-game assist streak snapped in game five, while Bowen Byram had at least two shots on goal in all five games and Charlie McAvoy had at least two in all but one.
That mix left the Friday card pointed at two different kinds of pressure: Montreal trying to close out a one-goal series, and Boston trying to extend a game-six push after Pastrnak’s overtime winner. The Golden Knights also led their series 3-2, giving the night a second round of elimination stakes that fit the same tighter-playoff profile Davis was targeting.
